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Jaime Jo Wright

Jaime Jo Wright is an ECPA and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author. Her novel “The House on Foster Hill” won the prestigious Christy Award and she continues to publish Gothic thrillers for the inspirational market. Jaime Jo resides in the woods of Wisconsin, lives in dreamland, exists in reality, and invites you to join her adventures at jaimewrightbooks.com and at her podcast madlitmusings.com where she discusses the deeper issues of story and faith with fellow authors.

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3 Biblical Examples of Grateful Couples and What We Can Learn from Them

3 Biblical Examples of Grateful Couples and What We Can Learn from Them

November 14, 2024

How can we practice gratefulness as couples? Have you ever stopped to consider that? So often, we view gratefulness as an individual endeavor, and yet, throughout our marriages and relationships, we come into circumstances where we feel immense gratitude or are faced with the struggle of practicing gratitude when we least feel like it.

We’re not alone. We can look at examples of couples who have incorporated gratefulness and learn from them. There are biblical examples of partners whose gratitude can set in motion a new perspective for many of us.

But first, what is gratitude when looked at through a biblical lens? The common definition is an attitude of thankfulness. Gratitude in Scripture takes on an even deeper meaning as it acknowledges the gifts that God has given us, and it honors Him with the glory and thankfulness owed Him in His goodness toward us.

“The Hebrew term for gratitude is hakarat ha’tov, which literally translates to: ‘recognizing the good.’ As we begin to ‘recognize the good,’ even in small ways, it will undoubtedly lead us to noticing the good in other areas of our lives. Gratitude affirms. It has a way of multiplying. As we profess gratitude, the more reasons we will find to be thankful.” – Avital Snow, Firm Israel.

So, taking this concept into our relationship of marriage and oneship, we can begin to see how gratitude not only is shifted toward the Lord in His goodness, but multiplies by continuing to bind the husband and the wife together in a triangular relationship with God at the point.

Let’s look at some biblical examples of couples whose experiences ushered in gratefulness.

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